Lada - Spartak: betting tip for the KHL match
On March 12, in Tolyatti, the local Lada will play against the guests from Moscow. Spartak continues to fight for the best seeding in the playoffs, while the hosts finish the season outside the top eight in the East. The Owls are in very bad shape and they have no motivation to fight against the red-whites. Alexey Zhamnov's team won in Kazan and really want to take two points in the Samara region. Will they succeed? Read our betting tip

Command Analysis

Lada Togliatti

Current form
Lada showed weak results throughout the regular season and is only on the tenth line in the conference. Pavel Zubov's team could have competed for the finals of the tournament, but they played very poorly at the beginning of the new calendar year. Currently, the hosts have only 50 points on their account and will no longer be able to climb even to ninth place. At the start of the current home series, the Filins barely outplayed the guests from Novosibirsk (1-0, OT), but a day later they were defeated by a Tractor (0-6).
Mikhail Fisenko's squad has a very weak effect on the other half of the court throughout the regular season. In the last five games, she scored only five accurate shots and created few dangerous chances at the opponents' goal. Nikita Mikhailov remains Lada's top scorer. The forward scored only 31 points (9+22) in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Egor Chernikov, Vladislav Chervonenko, Evgeny Groshev, Pavel Koltygin and Artyom Ivanyuzhenkov are the list of those who will not help the hosts in the next meeting.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, Lada scores 2.13 goals per match.
- Tolyatti residents earn 7.54 penalty minutes per game

Spartak Moscow

Current form
Not so long ago, Spartak was fighting for the second place in the West, but due to poor results during February and early March, the red-whites dropped to fifth place in the conference. Alexey Zhamnov's team can still return to the top three, but for this they need to win more often. The visitors have 79 points after 63 games, and they are four points behind Dynamo Moscow, which is in second position. The red-whites lost four meetings in a row and started the trip with a defeat in Nizhny Novgorod (0:3). They managed to pull themselves together and won the last game in Kazan (5-3).
The Spartans are not playing their best on offense in March and they differ very little. They scored only nine goals in the last five games and looked pretty lackluster on someone else's half of the ice. Nikolay Goldobin, who scored an assist in the previous meeting, returned to the lineup. The forward has scored 49 points (16+33) during the current season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Spartak will arrive in Tolyatti in full force.
Interesting betting trends
- Spartak blocks 15 shots per game
- On average, Muscovites receive 6.37 penalty minutes per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In two of the three matches involving Spartak, the first period was productive.
1.85Bet 2nd period: Spartak will score
Lada conceded in the second period in three out of four games.
1.30Tip and bets
Spartak needs to solve their problems and they have no right to make mistakes in Togliatti. Muscovites beat Ak Bars in Kazan and this victory should give confidence to the guests. Lada is just finishing the season and has been showing very weak hockey lately. Togliatti players miss in huge numbers and score very little during the entire regular season. We think that the more motivated red and white are able to confidently beat the Filins in the Samara region. We offer a bet on winning the second one with a minus handicap.
Our betting tip is that Spartak will win with an Asian handicap (-1.5) in 1.77
Betting on an individual total
Spartak has experienced difficulties in terms of realizing its moments in recent matches, but the visitors must score a large number of goals against Lada. Togliatti players often fail defensively and are unlikely to be able to hold off such a powerful opponent. We believe that Alexey Zhamnov's team will score at least four times without any problems.
The betting tip is that Spartak's individual total is more than 3.5 goals in 1.87 minutes.
Bet on the total
Lada plays without pressure, but it is unlikely that the hosts are ready to give up the victory just like that. The hosts will try to throw as much as possible into the opponent's goal and will not close on their half of the ice. Spartak needs to move forward and win, so we are waiting for hockey on the opposite course, which should not be boring. Let's bet on the total more.
Betting Tip - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.95